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George Steinbrenner, the man behind the New York Yankees from 1973 to 2010, would have turned 81 years old. continue reading...
This morning New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner died of a massive heart attack at the age of 80. He was one of the most famous owners in all of professional sports and the Yankees won 7 World Series trophies under his ownership. Here is the statement from his spokesperson: continue reading...
If you didn’t read it, Yankees fan Lady Gaga caused quite a stir at a Mets game a few weeks back when she flipped off a photographer, and then got moved over to comedian Jerry Seinfeld’s private box at Citi Field (which he wasn’t using). continue reading...
Oakland Athletics pitcher Dallas Braden, the subject of increased (media) scrutiny after his well-publicized jawing match with Yankees superstar Alex Rodriguez (which inspired one guy in my fantasy league to rename his team “GET OFF MY MOUND!”), pitched the 19th perfect game in MLB history on Mother’s Day.
As such, he became something of an overnight sensation, as tossing a perfect game almost completely chumped all the people idiots on all the message boards who were responding to his perfectly legitimate beef with the game’s most arrogant player by saying things like “this guy is a nobody” and “who’s Dallas Braden?” Yesterday, he hopped from the sports pages to the big time, performing David Letterman’s Top Ten list. As the title of this post reads, Dallas didn’t play all that nice. continue reading...
The tragic news of Chris Henry’s sudden death was yet another reminder that fame and success in the sports world isn’t a shelter from the reality that life is precious and any second could be your last. Today we look at a number of athletes who left us early. continue reading...
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Spoiled kids tend to make bad managers at daddy’s businesses:
Case in point? continue reading...
Yankee stadium will go down as one of the most memory-filled stadiums or arenas in any sport, ever.
Check out this homage page here. continue reading...
